Lao Tang still asked me with water, what the hell is going on? And Duanyang, who was originally scared and cowered behind us, was also curious to ask me what is chasing corpses? Seeing that they were curious, I explained it to him.

In fact, chasing corpses is the folk custom of the Miao people in Xiangxi region, which belongs to the witch culture, and it is also said to be related to Zhu Youke. In the Qing Dynasty, it was widely spread that the "corpse chasers" in Xiangxi used "secret techniques" to bring the corpses of people who died in a foreign land back to their hometowns and let them be buried in peace.

The origin of the corpse is recorded in the folk book: according to legend, thousands of years ago, the ancestor of the Miao people, Apu (Miao language: father-in-law) Chi You, led his troops to fight against the enemy by the Yellow River, until the corpses were all over the field and the blood flowed like a river. After the battle was about to retreat to the rear, and the soldiers carried all the wounded soldiers away, Apu Chiyu ordered the Apu army division to return the brothers who had died in the battle to their hometowns.

After reciting incantations and praying to the gods, all the corpses that had been lying on the ground stood up at once, and walked south in a proper manner behind the "runes" of Apuchiyou. This is the earliest version of the exorcism. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, corpse chasers appeared, initially to transport the bodies of Hunan immigrants who had died in Sichuan back to their hometowns. In the initial transportation process, the body was transported by water, and there was no need to "rush". However, in this section of the Three Gorges, the water is turbulent, the whirlpools and reefs are dense, and ships often sink. The ancients were superstitious and were unwilling to carry the dead on the dangerous river, so the profession of "driving out corpses" was born.

It is said that he alone drove the corpses, regardless of the number of corpses. No matter what the weather, you must wear a pair of straw sandals, a green cloth gown, a black belt around your waist, a green cloth hat on your head, a gong in your hand, and a bag of charms hidden in your waist bag. The mage is not behind the corpse, but leads the way in front of the corpse, and does not carry a lantern, because he is leading the group of corpses forward while beating the small gong in his hand, shaking a soul bell in his hand to keep the night walkers away, and informing those who have dogs to lock up the dogs. If there were more than two corpses, the corpse chaser would string them one by one with straw ropes, one at a distance of seven or eight feet, and when he walked in the dark, he would put a high blanket on his head and a few pieces of yellow paper with a few inscriptions on his forehead and hang down his face.

Believe it or not, the profession of chasing corpses does exist, of course, the people who chase corpses are generally mages who know the art of yin and yang to suppress corpses and ghosts. In addition, they have been dealing with corpse ghosts for many years, so the corpse chasers have their own set of secret techniques for dealing with ghosts and ghosts. And these eighteen coffin locks are the secret techniques of suppressing corpses and locking souls in the corpse chapel line, which can seal the corpses or ghosts that cannot be handled in the coffin to prevent them from doing evil.

The general corpse chaser can handle it, and then smoothly drive the corpse to the destination, and to force the corpse chaser to use the secret techniques in their business to calm the corpse in the coffin, it obviously means that they have no way to clean up the things in the coffin, so they have to keep it in the coffin, so that it can't do evil.

When they said this, Lao Tang didn't understand it anymore, and Lao Tang said, "But...... Now that this coffin has been opened by Duanyang, this means that he has released the demon who can't be done by the corpse chaser out of the coffin? ”

I nodded and said, "That's exactly what it means, anyway, we're in trouble." ”

Thinking that no one in the past could handle this thing, I frowned, and I didn't know what the ghost in the coffin who claimed to be Yuqing was the origin, and even the corpse chasers were embarrassed and could only suppress it.

When Duanyang heard that he had released a demon that had been specially suppressed by his predecessors, his face couldn't help but turn white with fright, and he said in fear: "I'm ...... I really didn't know it would be like this, and although I thought the red paint on the coffin was weird, I didn't know it could be so evil. ”

Chen Xianyi scolded: "Who called you greedy, look at the basket now!" ”

Duanyang was counted down by Chen Xianyi, and he also knew that it was his fault, so he lowered his head, his face full of self-blame and panic.

I said, "Senior brother, don't talk about others, Duanyang is also injured." In my opinion, the ghost named Yuqing was suppressed by the locks of the eighteen coffins, so he couldn't go far, so he had to wander here forever, and happened to see Duanyang who lost all his gambling, so he would deliberately be kind enough to help Duanyang, and then design to confuse him with money step by step, saying that offering his bones at home can help him win every gamble, which is obviously all a lie, and the reason why he deceived Duanyang step by step is to let him open the coffin, so as to break the eighteen coffin locks laid by the corpse chaser. ”

Lao Tang said: "Yes, Lao Chen's analysis is indeed reasonable. How could such a demon who harms people and asks for his life be kind enough to help others, obviously, as Lao Chen said, he deliberately wanted Duanyang to help him escape from the coffin with eighteen coffin locks. ”

Duanyang suddenly realized at this time, knowing that he was actually used by that ghost, and regretted it. But then he asked me, "But why did he come out and pester me when I put the bones back in this coffin?" ”

Chen Xianyi said: "You are embarrassed to say that once this coffin is opened, the lock of the eighteen coffins will naturally be broken. After speaking, he pointed to the position of the coffin head.

Yes, Chen Xianyi is right, a yellowed rune paper at the head of the coffin has been broken when the coffin is opened for the first time, which means that the eighteen cinnabar locks on the coffin are no longer working.

"I'd like to see what's in the coffin!" After speaking, Chen Xianyi walked to the coffin, and then lifted the coffin lid, and I hurriedly leaned over and pinched the magic finger to prevent the thing inside from hurting people.

But after the coffin lid was lifted, there was nothing special inside, just a pile of scattered white bones in the coffin, not to mention letting it eat people, whether these scattered bones could be put back together in a complete way.

Seeing this scene, we were all stunned, I turned my head and asked Duanyang: "Is this the pile of white bones you saw before?" ”

"Yes" Duanyang nodded, and then said: "But when I opened the coffin for the first time, I saw a living person, but it turned into white bones in the blink of an eye, I think it may have been dazzling!" ”

I said, "That's right, you're dazzled, apparently the first time you opened the coffin, you saw a ghost, but as soon as the lid of the coffin was opened, it escaped." ”

Chen Xianyi said: "Then what can I do now, now there is only a pile of white bones left in the coffin, and the ghost has long disappeared, and it is difficult to find him." ”

I thought about it, so I asked Duanyang: "You send blood every day and put it in front of the grave like this, have you seen that ghost?" ”

Duanyang said: "I see, every time I send blood, he will appear." ”

At this time, Lao Tang reacted, looked at me, and said, "Lao Chen, do you mean that as long as that yin soul still drinks blood, it will come back?" ”

Chen Xianyi patted his head and said, "Why didn't I expect it, when I come at night, that thing will definitely appear, and then we will find a way to destroy it." ”

I nodded: "Well, it seems that there is only this way now, let's go back now, don't startle the snake, and come back in the evening." ”

After speaking, Lao Tang and I quickly put the lid back on the coffin, put on the straw mat, and then several people left this mass grave.

Chen Xianyi guessed on the way back to Duan's house, and asked me what kind of ghost it was, and how could it still suck human blood?

I'm also puzzled by this, because there are many ghosts that ask for their lives, but I haven't heard of ghosts that suck human blood, only corpses that suck human blood, which are called zombies. But the bones in the coffin had already been dismantled into pieces by Duanyang, and it was obviously impossible to be a corpse. In other words, the one who has been haunting Duanyang is a ghost.

A few people had no clue, and at last I had to sigh and say, "Now I have to wait until I see that thing in the evening to find out what it is." ”

Soon, we returned to Duanjia, and we were not idle. In order to ensure that we can clean up the ghost tonight, we began to make preliminary preparations, I drew a lot of talismans, and Lao Tang went to find the black dog blood for Chen Xianyi, Chen Xianyi cut a lot of peach wood nails and soaked them in the black dog blood. Ask him if it's awesome, and he'll know when the time comes.

Without further ado, it was getting dark soon, and although everything that should have been prepared was almost ready, it was only time to wait for the ghost to appear and take it down in one fell swoop.

However, at this time, Duanyang was so nervous that he trembled, although he would go to the grave every night to offer blood, but this time he was scared. That's right, this time I'm going to trouble the other party, if I stop, maybe the other party will be angry, and my life will be lost.

Of course, fear is fear, Duanyang has no other choice, and in the end he has to go all the way to the dark.

At about eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, we set off, and with the prepared things in hand, the group came again to the mass grave next to the ruined temple......